NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
	Contact: Nancy Beaton 913-754-7054 nbeaton@nicusa.com

AUGUSTA, Maine – May 23, 2008 – The state of Maine has signed a new four-year contract with eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) to manage its official government portal http://www.Maine.gov.

NIC signed its original multiyear contract with Maine in 1999. The state of Maine issued a competitive bid for eGovernment portal services in May, 2007, and the contract was awarded again to NIC. The new contract was approved by the InforME Board and state Office of Information Technology and went into effect in March 2008. The agreement runs through March 2012 and includes renewal options that could extend the contract through 2018.

To maximize taxpayer return on investment, Maine uses a self-funded solution to provide eGovernment services. Since 1999, NIC has worked with more than 180 state and municipal agencies to develop over 375 interactive government services at no upfront cost to Maine’s citizens and businesses. More than 10.2 million eGovernment transactions have been processed in Maine since 1999, and nearly two million transactions were supported by http://www.Maine.gov last year.

“Maine continues to lead in providing more efficient ways for our businesses and citizens to interact with the state,” said Richard Thompson, Chief Information Officer. “Through our partnership with NIC, Maine.gov is able to offer more than 375 services to improve public access to government services and information.”

Included among Maine.gov’s suite of online services is the nation’s first online service that enables citizens to contribute online with a credit card to a candidate in their voting district who is seeking to qualify for clean election funds. In addition, http://www.Maine.gov offers vehicle, ATV, and snowmobile registration; hunting and fishing licenses; burning permits; professional license renewal, for more than 41 professions; uniform commercial code filings; corporate annual report filings; traffic violation payments; public criminal records and more.

Maine has consistently been recognized for its eGovernment efforts with 15 national awards in just eight years, including ten top-five rankings in the annual Best of the Web competition and Brown University eGovernment Survey.

“Maine was an early partner of NIC and it has been an honor to help the state develop its awarding-winning portal. NIC is proud to continue this relationship and looks forward to working with Maine to increase the adoption of current services as well as launch new services for the businesses and citizens of the state,” said Harry Herington, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NIC.

About Maine.gov
Maine.gov is the official Web portal of the state of Maine (http://www.Maine.gov) and a six-time winner in the Center for Digital Government’s Best of the Web competition. Maine.gov is a service of the Information Resource of Maine (InforME), a collaborative effort between the State of Maine and Maine Information Network, LLC that helps Maine's governmental entities provide information and services electronically. Maine.gov was built and is operated, maintained and marketed by Maine Information Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).

About NIC
NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 2,900 state and local agencies that serve more than 69 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

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